Summaries

The story behind the epic Queen single.

The full story behind one of the best-loved song, featuring Brian May and Roger Taylor's return to Rockfield Studios, where they rerecord the guitar and drum parts and tell the story of how the song came together. Narrated by Richard E Grant, the documentary includes exclusive rare recordings of Freddie Mercury performing the song in studio, Queen's first ever TV performance and the making of the video, as well as interviews with Mercury's friends and family, The Darkness and Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba. Also, a literature approach trying to understand the lyrics.

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Genres
  • Music
  • Documentary
Release date Dec 3, 2004
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites BBC Three
Language English
Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
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